{"id":14900,"date":"2023-06-09T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=14900"},"modified":"2023-06-04T23:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T04:51:35","slug":"3-tama-county-churches-in-united-methodist-schism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/3-tama-county-churches-in-united-methodist-schism\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tama County churches in United Methodist schism"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 80 United Methodist churches in Iowa are ending their affiliation with the denomination. (Stories: Register<\/a>, Gazette<\/a><\/em>) The action is part of a slow-motion schism over gay rights that the COVID pandemic has made extra messy.<\/p>\n

The Garwin, Geneseo, and Gladbrook churches are among those that are leaving, effective June 30. They are part of a cluster that spreads west to Owasa and Laurel.\u00a0There are also clusters in Linn County and the Mahaska-Keokuk county area, but the map spreads from Doon to southern Lee County<\/a>. The 83 churches leaving are only 11% of the total in the Iowa Conference, but many of them are the only United Methodist church in town. Here’s the disaffiliation agreement for Geneseo.<\/a> The others are the same except for names and signatures.<\/p>\n

The schism was supposed to be voted on at the UMC General Conference in May 2020<\/a>. It didn’t happen, because 2020 happened. Instead, churches that wish to leave are doing so under a plan from 2019 that expires at the end of this year. For more information, see this\u00a0Religion News Service story<\/a> from last May and Associated Press story<\/a> from last October.<\/p>\n

An option for the departing churches is the Global Methodist Church, which launched last year<\/a> and is keeping prohibitions on gay marriage and clergy. That is where the Marshalltown church that decided to leave is going, reports the Times-Republican<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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